Protein Data Bank

Protein Data Bank
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The Protein Data Bank (PDB)[1] is a database for the three-dimensional structural data of large biological molecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids. The data, typically obtained by X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, or, increasingly, cryo-electron microscopy, and submitted by biologists and biochemists from around the world, are freely accessible on the Internet via the websites of its member organisations (PDBe,[2] PDBj,[3] RCSB,[4] and BMRB[5]). The PDB is overseen by an organization called the Worldwide Protein Data Bank, wwPDB.

The PDB is a key in areas of structural biology, such as structural genomics. Most major scientific journals and some funding agencies now require scientists to submit their structure data to the PDB. Many other databases use protein structures deposited in the PDB. For example, SCOP and CATH classify protein structures, while PDBsum provides a graphic overview of PDB entries using information from other sources, such as Gene Ontology.[6][7]

  1. ^ wwPDB, Consortium (2019). "Protein Data Bank: the single global archive for 3D macromolecular structure data". Nucleic Acids Res. 47 (D1): 520–528. doi:10.1093/nar/gky949. PMC 6324056. PMID 30357364.
  2. ^ "PDBe home < Node < EMBL-EBI". pdbe.org.
  3. ^ "Protein Data Bank Japan – PDB Japan – PDBj". pdbj.org.
  4. ^ Bank, RCSB Protein Data. "RCSB PDB: Homepage". rcsb.org.
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  6. ^ Berman, H. M. (January 2008). "The Protein Data Bank: a historical perspective" (PDF). Acta Crystallographica Section A. A64 (1): 88–95. doi:10.1107/S0108767307035623. PMID 18156675.
  7. ^ Laskowski RA, Hutchinson EG, Michie AD, Wallace AC, Jones ML, Thornton JM (December 1997). "PDBsum: a Web-based database of summaries and analyses of all PDB structures". Trends Biochem. Sci. 22 (12): 488–90. doi:10.1016/S0968-0004(97)01140-7. PMID 9433130.